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social science subjects > health and social care > lifestyle medicine and health > chronic disease, disease prevention, and lifestyle behaviors > diet and HIV
social science subjects > health and social care > lifestyle medicine and health > health policy, public health, and health education > diet and HIV

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diet and HIV  

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  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that weakens the immune system, leaving a person susceptible to many different types of opportunistic infections that can intensify and potentially lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). At the end of 2010, it was estimated that HIV affects approximately 33.3 million people worldwide. [Source: Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health; Diet and HIV]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-V3L0P9R5-V

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